CVE-2021-41079Apache Tomcat DoS with unexpected TLS packet
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Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.63, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.43 and 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.2 did not properly validate incoming TLS packets. When Tomcat was configured to use NIO+OpenSSL or NIO2+OpenSSL for TLS, a specially crafted packet could be used to trigger an infinite loop resulting in a denial of service.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- apache
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat apache_software_foundation:apache_tomcat (from the name) | Apache Tomcat 8.5 8.5.0 to 8.5.63; Apache Tomcat 9 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.43; Apache Tomcat 10 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.2 | CNA record |
apache tomcat apache:tomcat | from 8.5.0 before 8.5.64; from 9.0.0 before 9.0.44; from 10.0.0 through 10.0.2 | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 9.0; 10.0; 11.0 | NVD |
netapp management_services_for_element_software_and_netapp_hci netapp:management_services_for_element_software_and_netapp_hci | all versions | NVD |
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rccdef0349fdf4fb73a4e4403095446d7fe6264e0a58e2df5c6799434%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3Ex-refsource-misc
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00012.htmlmailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211008-0005/x-refsource-confirm
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb4de81ac647043541a32881099aa6eb5a23f1b7fd116f713f8ab9dbe%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Emailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6b6b674e3f168dd010e67dbe6848b866e2acf26371452fdae313b98a%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3Emailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4986vendor-advisory, x-refsource-debian
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